Springboro senior repeats as district tennis champ

It was a repeat for Springboro senior Zach Berry, who won his second consecutive Division I district tennis singles championship Saturday.

The four-time state qualifier defeated Mason senior Luke Tsai in the championship match, 6-4, 6-2, at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason. Berry started the day with a straight-set win over Troy junior Luke Oaks, a first-time state qualifier, 6-2, 6-4.

Berry improved to 28-2 and now has a school-record 105 career wins at Springboro.

Track and field

It was a big day for Valley View at the Division II district meet at Welcome Stadium in Dayton.

Zac Bussard finished second in the 1600-meter run (4:30.64) and third in the 3200-meter run (10:07.81). Shane Hannah won the discus throw (143-00) and finished second in shot put (44-00.0) and Sam Pheiffer qualified in the long jump (3rd, 19-09.25) and high jump (5-08.0).

Other Valley View qualifiers included Micah Matheson (pole vault, 12-06.0), Austin Vantrease (high jump, 5-10.0) and Tucker Parks (long jump, 19-04.75). Valley View also won the 3200-meter relay (8:14.58) and finished fourth in the 400-meter relay (46.05).

On the girls side, Hannah Thomas won the 100-meter hurdles (16.19) and 300-meter hurdles (46.96) and placed third in the long jump (16-03.0). Grace Dima won the pole vault (10-00.0) and Riley Blue placed third (8-06.0). Melinda McIntosh finished third in the 300-meter hurdles (49.91) and in the 100-meter hurdles (17.02), Faith Lewis placed second in the shot put (33-04.0) and Emily Bliss finished fourth in the 100-meter dash (12.76).

Fenwick: Jenni Rossi won the discus (116-04) and shot put (43-02.25), Katie Schierloh placed third in the high jump (5-00.0), Mickey McCalahan placed fourth in the shot put (32-00.0) and Katie McCarthy qualified in the 800-meter run (4th, 2:24.5). Fenwick girls also finished fourth in the 3200-meter relay (10:25.27). On the boys side Sean Sherman won the shot put (45-01.75).

Madison: Coty Cobb won the pole vault (15-00.0), Tyler Brown placed fourth in the 110-meter hurdles (16.36), Justin Thobe finished third in discus throw (134-03) and Hunter Nicholson was third in the pole vault (12-06.0). Sammy Creekbaum finished second in the girls pole vault (9-03.0).

Monroe: The boys finished fourth in the 800-meter relay (1:35.69) and third in the 400-meter relay (45.49). Individually Troy Kaiser qualified for the 400-meter dash (4th, 51.36). For the girls Tori Larison placed fourth in the high jump (4-10.0).

Division III: Cincinnati Christian had several boys and girls advance at the district meet at New Richmond. Kameron Antwine won the 200-meter dash (22.64) and placed third in the 100-meter dash (11.41), Andrew Spies won the 300-meter hurdles (41.21) and placed third in the 110-meter hurdles (16.97) and Jacob Roush finished third in the 800-meter run (2:06.3).

For the girls, Allison Higgins placed third in the 100-meter hurdles (18.55) and the 300-meter hurdles (50.22) and Laura Kindell finished fourth (14-11.5) in the long jump. The girls 1600-meter relay team (2nd, 4:22.5) and 800-meter relay team (4th, 1:54.58) qualified.

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